Inner Sanctuary Reclaimed
1 Samuel 22:17-19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Samuel 22 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
An account of fear-driven violence against the LORD's priests, with some servants refusing to strike, shows how sacred trust can be violated and how such acts ripple outward. It underscores the consequences of abandoning inner guidance and sacred space.
Neville's Inner Vision
These verses present not a historical drama, but your inner theater. The king is a state of consciousness that would rule by fear and assert power over what is sacred. The priests of the LORD are your inner priesthood—the quiet counsel of I AM that speaks when the mind is still. Doeg the Edomite embodies the merciless habit of thought that would purge that guidance to prove its own authority. The servants who refuse to murder the priests show that certain faculties in you will not betray your sacred trust. Nob, the city of the priests, stands for the living sanctuary you carry within; its destruction mirrors what happens when you kill your inner guidance. If you consent to that violence in imagination, your life will mirror it—confusion, coercion, and spiritual poverty. Yet the law of your kingdom is reversal: you can affirm the priests are protected by the I AM, and that true power moves through them. By realizing this inwardly, you restore order and revive sacred space in your world.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: In a moment of quiet, assume the priests are safe within you and that the I AM guards their sanctuary. See Doeg dissolve into stillness as you feel the reality of your inner guidance protected and active.
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